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College of Business
Copeland Hall
1 Ohio University
Athens OH 45701-2979

DARS Supplement for BBA Candidates

A recommended four-year plan for BBA candidates starting in 2022-2023 and 2023-2024.

Majors: Accounting; Business Analytics; Business Economics; Business Pre-Law; Entrepreneurship; Finance; International Business; Marketing; Management Information Systems; Strategic Leadership and Management

The BBA degree requires the completion of 52 hours of business coursework and 30 hours of non-business coursework. The number of non-business electives each individual student will need will vary by major and course selection, but typically, BBA candidates will need to complete 3-5 non-business elective courses.

The BBA degree requires the completion of 120 credit hours. Both business and non-business coursework counts in this category. The number of free- electives each individual student will need will vary by major and course selection, but typically, BBA candidates completing only a single major will need to complete 5-10 free elective courses. Students who complete two business majors or a major and minor or certificate will need the fewest number of free-electives.

First Year

Copeland Core (LC)

  • BA 1000: Intro to College of Business
    • Credit Hours: 1
    • Prerequisite: CoB
    • Must be completed by first year and transfer students in first CoB term
  • BA 1100: Introduction to Business and Ethical Reasoning
    • Credit Hours: 3
    • Prerequisite: None
    • Must be completed in first CoB term unless previously completed through transfer or at Ohio University.
  • UC 1900 or UC 1500: CoB Learning Community Seminar
    • Credit Hours: 1
    • Prerequisite: CoB
    • Must be completed by first year and transfer students in first CoB term
  • BA 1500: Introduction to Business Communication and Professional Skills
    • Credit Hours: 3
    • Prerequisite: CoB
    • Ideally completed in first CoB term. This course is a Business Cluster prerequisite
  • ECON 1030: Principles of Microeconomics
    • Credit Hours: 3
    • Prerequisite: math placement level 2* or higher or C or better in MATH 1200
  • ECON 1040: Principles of Macroeconomics
    • Credit Hours: 3
    • Prerequisite: math placement level 2* or higher or C or better in MATH 1200
  • ENG 1510: Freshman Composition
    • Credit Hours: 3
    • BBA and BSM candidates are assigned ENG 1510 in spring semester
  • MATH 1350: Survey of Calculus
    • Credit Hours: 4
    • Prerequisite: math placement level 2* or higher or C or better in MATH 1200; no credit for this course and MATH 2301
  • ACCT 1010: Foundations of Accounting
    • Credit Hours: 3
    • Prerequisite: MATH 1200 or higher or Math Placement Level 1* or higher

Plus 6 hours electives from OU BRICKS and free electives, which vary in number depending on selection of major(s), minor(s), certificate(s) and cultural option.

Note: Math placement scores (DV, PL1, PL2, PL3) are a function of a student's mathematics history as reported to Ohio University via transcripts.

Sophomore
  • ACCT 1020: Decision Making With Accounting
    • Credit Hours: 3
    • Prerequisite: ACCT 1010
    • Co-requisite: ECON 1030; recommended in freshman year for ACCT majors
  • QBA 1720: Descriptive Analytics
    • Credit Hours: 3
  • BA 2000: Career Management
    • Credit Hours: 1
    • Prerequisite: CoB; Sophomore
    • Transferring students will take a special combination section of BA 1000 and 2000
  • FIN 3000: Introduction to Corporate Finance
    • Credit Hours: 3
    • Prerequisite: ACCT 1010
  • BUSL 2550: Law and Society
    • Credit Hours: 3
    • Prerequisite: CoB and sophomore, junior, or senior
  • QBA 2720: Business Analytics
    • Credit Hours: 3
    • Prerequisite: QBA 1720 or 1721 or 2010
  • Business Cluster
    • An academic experience that integrates four core business courses in one semester: MKT 2400, BA 2500, MGT 2100, and MIS 2020
    • Credit Hours: 12
    • Cluster Prerequisites: CoB, BA 1500, ECON 1030, and ENG 1510

Plus 2 hours electives from OU BRICKS and free electives, which vary in number depending on selection of major(s), minor(s), and cultural option.

Junior
  • MGT 3200 Operations Management
    • Credit Hours: 3
    • Prerequisite: QBA 2720
  • BBA Required Internship. View further details.
  • MGT 3730: Entrepreneurial Business Consulting
    • Credit Hours: 3

Plus major courses and electives from 天美传媒"Tier II", CoB "Global Perspective", and free electives, which vary in number depending on selection of internship and cultural options.

Senior
  • MGT 4800J: Business Strategy
    • Credit Hours: 3
    • Prerequisite: CoB Senior, QBA 2720, FIN 3000, MGT 2100, MKT 2400, MIS 2020, BA 2500;
    • Corequisite: MGT 3200

Plus major courses and electives from BRICKS and free electives, which vary in number depending on selection of major(s), minor(s), certificate(s) and cultural options.

Business Cluster

Includes the following four courses: BA 2500 (3), MGT 2100 (3), MIS 2020 (3), MKT 2400 (3)

  • Prerequisites: COB, BA 1500, ECON 1030, and ENG 1510

Directions to Register

Using the online registration system, load all four cluster courses in your 鈥渟hopping cart鈥 before you click 鈥渇inish enrolling鈥. Be sure all four courses have the same section number (100, 102, 103, etc.) For your convenience, section numbers are listed for each 鈥渃luster course鈥 on the course offerings website. Remember, you cannot combine cluster courses from different cluster sections. Consult a College of Business BAACS Success Advisor ASAP if you encounter difficulty with this process.

Cluster Waiting List

If all sections of the Cluster are full when it is your time/day to register, do these two things in this order:

  1. Register for a full schedule of non-cluster courses as there is no way to be sure you will get a seat from a waiting list
  2. Contact the College of Business BAACS office to inquire about cluster waiting list procedure. You can contact our office by emailing BAACS@ohio.edu; calling 740.593.2042, or stopping by 214 Copeland Hall.

Internship Requirement

  • BA 3910 (1 - 3 Credit Hours)

Academic credit you will receive for an approved work experience that will enable you to understand professional expectations and gain business exposure prior to your first full-time role. Students are prepared for their professional experiences through BA 1000 and 2000. Career Coaches in the BAACS office are available to assist students with professional development as well as internship and full-time position searches.

  1. Approved work experience - BA 3910 (1)
  2. Global Consulting Program (GCP) (9)
  3. Ohio International Consulting Program OICP) (6)
  4. Ohio International Export Program (3) + BA 3910 (1) = (4)
  5. MGT 3730: Entrepreneurial Business Consulting (3)
    1. prerequisite: (MGT 3550 AND MGT 3700) or (MGT 3740 and ACCT 3770)

Cultural Perspective Requirement

Complete one of two options.

  1. Complete two courses from one or both of these 天美传媒General Education
    1. Foundations - Intercultural Explorations
      1. ANTH 1010; ANTH 2400; SOC 2400; ANTH 2700; SOC 2700; BA 2290; COMS 1100; COMS 1100C; CSD 2140; DANC 2550; ECEE 2701; EDCS 2010; EDTE 2500; ENG 1100; FAR 1500; GEOG 1310; HLTH 2230; HIST 1222; IHS 2210; IHS 2220; JPC 2500; LING 1000; LING 2750; LING 2800; MGT 2640; ML 2701; MUS 1210; RHT 1200; SOC 2300
    2. Bridges - Diversity and Practice
      1. AKAN 1110; AVN 4890; BA 3500; BA 4920; CHE 4040; CLAS 2390; CLAS 3430; CLAS 3540;
        CLWR 2240; COMS 1030; CONS 2500; CS 2653; EDTE 2020; ENG 3250; ENG 3260; ENG 3370; ENG 3380; ENG 3390; ENG 3450; ENG 3550; ENG 3850; EXPH 4495; FILM 2010; GEOG 3210; GEOG 3340; GEOG 3350; GEOG 3380; GEOG 4480; HIND 1110; IHS 3010; IHS 3600; INDO 1110; ISE 4170; JOUR 4130; JPC 4500; MALA 1110; ME 4800; MGT 3640; MGT 4420; MGT 4640; MKT 4410; NRSE 4570; POLS 4420; PSY 3420; PSY 4720; REC 4210; SASM 4000; THAI 1110; WOL 1110

Courses completed from these lists in completion of the Cultural Perspective requirement will double -count in the 天美传媒General Education requirements listed above.

  1.  Completing one of these approved international experiences.
    1. CoB Global Consulting Program
    2. CoB 天美传媒International Consulting Program
    3. Study Abroad through the 天美传媒Office of Global Opportunities
    4. 天美传媒Global Leadership Center experience

Transferring within Ohio University

  1. The following course substitutions are allowed if the courses are completed prior to your COB admission:
    1. QBA 1721 substitutes for QBA 1720
    2. BUSL 2000 substitutes for BUSL 2550
    3. MGT 3000 substitutes for MGT 3200
  2. Students who transfer into the CoB must complete these courses during their first term of COB enrollment:
    1. BA 1000 (1) Introduction to the College of Business
    2. BA 2000 (1) Career Management
    3. BA 1100 Intro to Business NOTE: Only this course can be completed prior to CoB admission.
    4. UC 1500 (.5) Learning Community (7 weeks) NOTE: This course is required for all students regardless of
      having previously completed a UC 1900 or UC 1500 course from another college
    5. BA 1500 (3) Intro to Bus. Comm & Profess. is highly encouraged in the first CoB term as it is a Business
      Cluster prerequisite
  3. You will not be able to take the Business Cluster during your first semester in the College of Business.

Academic Advising, Graduation Plans, Registration Holds

All business majors will have a REGISTRATION HOLD on their account EVERY SEMESTER which will prevent next-semester registration until they have participated in their semesterly 天美传媒GRADUATION PLAN (OGP) meeting with a CoB Success Advisor. Instructions will be emailed each semester prior to the registration period. Registration holds will be released within 72 hours of completion of the OGP. It is the student鈥檚 responsibility to be aware of the OGP schedule and to participate in time to allow for their own on-time course registration.